Lebanon

Projects Database / Regional Development for Akkar

Project ID
00013380

Background
The Regional Development for Akkar project was initially the outcome of the Poverty Strategy Initiative and the Preparatory Assistance Project for Improving Living Conditions of the Poor executed by the Ministry of Social Affairs, supported by UNDP, which implemented a set of priority activities in Akkar.
The main methodology of the project is to lead the local community towards a position where it diagnoses its problems and becomes aware of it and then plan the proper solution to it within a general developmental framework. Local committees were formed in cluster villages to assess the needs of the deprived communities and plan the intervention programmes, with the technical assistance of the project team and as per the available resources.
The main sectors covered by the project:
- Capacity building of the municipalities
- Youth mobilization project
- Socio-economic support to the cooperatives

Achievements & Expected Results
1. Municipalities:
- Forming 35 municipal working groups and 8 regional working groups
- Training 97 members in 21 villages from Municipal Councils and local development committees
- Organizing 20 sector workshops in different villages on topics related to agriculture, education, youth and women
- Developing local plans for 8 villages
- Five projects were completed and more 12 projects to be implemented.
- Profiling 50 villages in Akkar
- Profiling 5 areas in akkar.

2. Cooperatives & NGOs:
- Providing technical support to the Agricultural Production Cooperative in Fnaydek, throught the provision of burgul mill (crushed wheat).
- Providing assistance to 8 cooperatives through the provision of technical support in terms of identifying needs and projects, as well as assisitng in drafting proposals and preparing related documents.
- Providing assistance to the cooperatives in participating in outside activities such as Souk Al-Tayeb in Douma and the UN Day in Beirut.

3. Youth:
- Establishment of 4 youth groups in 4 villages
- Execution of 10 activities with youth groups in different villages. At least 230 young men and women participated in those activities.
- Three training workshops on strategic planning took place in 3 villages. Around 70 young men and women attended the workshops.
- Achievement of the Third Youth Forum in Akkar (105 participants)
- Achievement of the Third Summer Youth Camp in Akkar (51 participants attended the camp)

Downloads Project Document (1,476 KB) Progress Report 2007-2008 (3,016 KB)

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